Over to American football and Super Bowl 43: The Pittsburgh Steelers manufactured a dramatic late scoring drive to overhaul Arizona Cardinals 27-23 on Sunday. Their touchdown in the final minute sealed a record sixth Super Bowl triumph.
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Pittsburgh dominated most of the game and took a 20-7 lead into the fourth quarter.But the Cardinals outscored the Steelers 16-0 in the final quarter to forge a 23-20 lead. They looked poised to complete the greatest comeback in the 43-year history of the Super Bowl, but Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger refused to concede defeat. He found a leaping Santonio Holmes in the end zone with a six-yard scoring strike with 35 seconds left, to cap an eight-play, 78-yard drive, shattering Arizona's dreams of a debut triumph. Holmes also received the game's Most Valuable Player award with a touchdown and nine catches for 131 yards. Pittsburgh's win gave the Steelers one more Super Bowl victory than the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys.
Hines Ward, Pittsburgh Steelers Wide Receiver, said,"I don't know any work profession to be at an all-time high - and then get an all-time low in like less than three minutes, and it was just crazy. And to be a part that is just a special feeling and ... tears, tears of joy man. Two, two championships in four years ... that's crazy. That's crazy."
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